Posted by
Dick Dievendorff on
Mar 12, 2012; 5:12pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KX3-CW-from-computer-tp7365321p7366060.html
Yes, the KX3 Utility has the same capability.
Dick, K6KR
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 CW from computer
Won't there be some sort of "TERMINAL" in the KX3 utility that will allow
the KX3 to be keyed from the computer? I just discovered that was possible
for the K3 ;-)
VY 73, Lance
On 3/12/2012 4:21 PM, KU7Y [via Elecraft] wrote:
> When I started having the poor keying due to Windows being busy not
> and then, I changed over to using a USB WinKeyer, so this is just not
> a problem for me. This gives me both clean keying with the computer
> and lets me have the paddles to use too.
>
> In the field, I'll not have a computer and will just use the internal
keyer.
>
> So for me, not being able to key via the Serial port is not important.
>
> OK, back in my hole,
>
> Ron, KU7Y
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>
> >I have been re-reading the manual and posts on this subject, and I am
> >getting a bad feeling. I hope I am misunderstanding what I'm reading,
> >but if not, the KX3 can't be keyed by a computer via the normal means
> >of having the software assert RTS or DTR. If the KX3 won't do CW from
> >a computer without an additional external gadget its suitability for
> >DXing, FD, Sweepstakes, and other contests will be seriously hampered.
> > Most FD or DXpedition ops might leave it at home and just take a K3.
> >
> > The solution proposed so far is to make a serial cable with a key
> > plug hanging off it, plug that into the key jack, and configure the
> > KX3 to see it as a straight key. Then to use a paddle, you'd need a
> > Y-connector at that jack and an external keyer. I have actually had
> > a setup like this, so I have the external keyer and the Y-connector,
> > but it is not elegant to say the least. Much better would be to
> > design the appropriate capability into the KX3. To many hams, a 10w
> > radio is primarily a CW radio, so this really needs to be addressed,
> > i.e. the DTR or RTS lines have to be available and capable of keying the
KX3.
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